he met the Secretary of State on June 12 and
although our Embassy in Peking are meeting some
difficulty in the administration of the student
exchange programme, there is so far no evidence
that the incident has affected our bilateral
relations in general.
4.
Now that the risk of publicity has receded
there is indeed much to be said for telling the
Chinese that we are willing to return illegal
immigrants. We should discuss with the Governor
the tactics which he would wish to adopt and then
send instructions to Hong Kong to open discussions
with the Chinese.
14 June 1974
Far Eastern Department